Shortly after the release of my Unity Rally video, I was pleasantly surprised when I was given the honor of making a tribute video for Mercedes Lackey's character, Seraphym.

The lives of many City of Heroes characters after the shutdown announcement, mirrored how the players felt about it. We all knew a catastrophic end was coming; one that we couldn't avert. In the world of CoH, the supernatural (psychics, seers, deities, etc) gave a preemptive warning to its inhabitants. Knowing the end is near, Seraphym 'revisits' the city that has been her home, while ruminating on her struggles and triumphs as a Hero.

The song chosen by Mercedes, "Respect the Wind" by Eddie & Alex Van Halen, sets the theme for the video. Variations in the music during the final minute provided an opportunity to bring the Rikti (no doubt also panicking about "Doomsday") into the story for a climatic finish. At the end, she is joined by her other half, John Murdock, and they rush into the battle against the Rikti, in what would likely be their final hour.

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Trivial bytes:

- The motion data used for Sera and John flying off the rooftop, was demorecorded on the final night.

- This video contains multiple 'Easter Eggs'. Can you find them?

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We all had stories in CoH that we never got to finish in-game. But that didn't mean that the stories were over. CoH continues in drawings, fanfiction, videos, and music. Though the servers are gone, City of Heroes lives on.

This video was supposed to be my "farewell to the official servers" video. On early November, I had the first minute and a half done. Then, my harddisk died, and it took 3 weeks to get a replacement.

By the time I got back to work on it, the servers had already shut down, and I had to rethink where I wanted this video to end. It still has some rough edges, but I am reasonably happy with the result.

Longing for a missing piece of the holiday season...
This idea hit me just a few days ago as I was listening to the radio with some jolly sounds of the season, and getting the urge, for the umpteenth time, to go 'play' at the ski chalet, hunt for the Gamester's holiday gifts, or perhaps give Lord Winter some high-impact exercise. But that holiday tradition is no longer possible.
So, lacking the option of doing it, I ended up tossing together a video about it instead. Happy Holidays, CoH'ers.